The Middletown Township Public School District is a comprehensive community public school district

School district

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 that serves students from kindergarten through twelfth grade from Middletown Township

Middletown Township, New Jersey

Middletown Township is a township in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the township had a total population of 66,522...

 in Monmouth County

Monmouth County, New Jersey

Monmouth County is a county located in the U.S. state of New Jersey, within the New York metropolitan area. As of the 2010 Census, the population was 630,380, up from 615,301 at the 2000 census. Its county seat is Freehold Borough. The most populous municipality is Middletown Township with...

, New Jersey

New Jersey

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, United States.

As of the 2008-09 school year, the district's 17 schools had an enrollment of 10,187 students and 773.3 classroom teachers (on an FTE

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 basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.2.

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education

New Jersey Department of Education

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 as being in District Factor Group "GH", the third highest of eight groupings. District Factor Groups organize districts statewide to allow comparison by common socioeconomic characteristics of the local districts. From lowest socioeconomic status to highest, the categories are A, B, CD, DE, FG, GH, I and J.

Schools

The district consists of two four-year high schools, three middle schools (Grade 6-8), and twelve K-5 elementary schools. Four elementary schools feed into each of the three middle schools. The facilities vary in age, architecture, size, and student population. Schools in the district (with 2008-09 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics

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) are:

Elementary Schools (K-5)

• Bayview Elementary School (422 students)
  • Principal: Dr. John Andl
• Fairview Elementary School (319)
  • Principal: Matthew Kirkpatrick
• Harmony Elementary School (488)
  • Principal: Patricia Corridon
• Leonardo Elementary School (274)
  • Principal: Kathleen Sidoti
• Lincroft Elementary School (472)
  • Principal: Luigi Laugelli
• Middletown Village Elementary School (422)
  • Principal: Karen Zupancic
• Navesink Elementary School (259)
  • Principal: Charlene O'Hagan
• New Monmouth Elementary School (441)
  • Principal: Dr. John Andl
• Nut Swamp Elementary School (559)
  • Principal: Thomas J. Olausen
• Ocean Avenue Elementary School (305)
  • Principal: Dr. Diana Cantillo
• Port Monmouth Elementary School (248)
  • Principal: Dean W. Bisgrove
• River Plaza Elementary School (321)
  • Principal: Linda Pesce

Middle Schools (6-8)

• Bayshore Middle School (732)
  • Principal: Carol Force
• Thompson Middle School (936)
  • Principal: Thomas J. Olausen
• Thorne Middle School (784)
  • Principal: Victa McKenzie, Principal

High Schools (9-12)

• Middletown High School North
  Middletown High School North
  Middletown High School North, home of the Lions, is a four-year comprehensive public high school located within Middletown Township, New Jersey, and is part of the Middletown Township Public School District. The school serves students from parts of Middletown Township. Other students from...
  
   (1,720)
  • Principal: Patricia Vari-Cartier
• Middletown High School South
  Middletown High School South
  Middletown High School South is a four-year comprehensive public high school located within Middletown Township, New Jersey, operating part of the Middletown Township Public School District...
  
   (1,484)
  • Interim Principal: George Hart

Drug testing

In October 2006, the Board of Education of the Middletown Township Public School District voted on a random drug testing procedure that would require all students in extracurricular activities or with a parking space at either High School to submit their name to a pool for random selection.

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:

• Karen L. Bilbao, Superintendent
• William J. Doering, Business Administrator / Board Secretary

External links

• Middletown Township Public School District
• Data for the Middletown Township Public School District, National Center for Education Statistics
  National Center for Education Statistics
  The National Center for Education Statistics is the part of the United States Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences that collects, analyzes, and publishes statistics on education and public school district finance information in the United States...